Author: Theresa Crater

Writer. Traveler. Student of the Mysteries.
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The Power Places New Editions

I’m happy to announce that new editions of the Power Places Series have been published. They have new covers and the second book is freshly edited.

CoverFinalMD-UnderTheStonePawA forgotten family legacy.

Six crystal keys.

One shot at unlocking the secrets beneath the Sphinx.

Anne Le Clair, a successful, young attorney, has always managed to remain free from her family’s gothic past—until now. When she inherits her eccentric aunt’s antique necklace though, she finds no escape from its secrets. Anne is immersed in a crash course of forbidden wisdom, secret societies, and her family’s own legacy. She soon discovers that her aunt’s necklace is one of just six powerful “keys” that, when combined with the other five at the appointed time, unlocks the legendary Hall of Records. However, another group, the shadowy Illuminati, is working behind the scenes to uncover the same powerful secrets—and make them their own.

Katherine Kurtz, author of the Adept series, says “ . . . one of the best esoteric novels of the past decade.  Crater knows her way around Egypt and its mysteries.  Evil Illuminati, ancient artifacts, and conspiracies abound. Surpasses the Da Vinci Code.”

CoverFinalMD-BeneathTheHallowedHillThe Illuminati have opened a hole in time

And now one of them is stepping through

Anne Le Clair travels to Glastonbury with her fiancée, Egyptologist and mystic Michael Levy, to investigate a house she inherited from a mysterious aunt…only to find trouble waiting. One of Avalon’s sacred twin springs is failing. Together, Anne and Michael try to restore the water flow, but discover there is much more at stake: the Illuminati master Alexander Cagliostro has activated an ancient crystal tower, tearing a hole in time which threatens much more than one sacred spring.

Meanwhile, in ancient Atlantis, Megan, priestess of the Crystal Matrix Chamber, flees the destruction of her world carrying with herself a vital artifact.

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“Who Am I to Pray for Him?”

Pope Francis keeps asking everyone he meets to pray for him. He asks throngs of people, all the attendees of his mass at Madison Square Garden, powerful leaders, rich people, and poor people. And many have the same reaction that soon-to-be-ex Speaker of the House John Boehner had. “Who am I to pray for him?”

Now that’s a question worth pondering. This is a reversal of the usual, because throngs come to the pope asking for spiritual intervention, for their babies to be blessed, for their lame to walk, for their sick to be healed. But what does this pope do? He asks for us to pray for him. “I need it,” he says.

This is the most powerful message that Pope Francis is spreading during his visit to the U.S. Sure, it’s great that he talks about saving the Earth, helping people who don’t have enough resources to eat or have a place to live, and talking about loving each other instead of separating ourselves by country, race, gender, etc. We need to take action in all these areas. We are at a crisis point for humanity. But “pray for me” is the most powerful request because Pope Francis is challenging us, urging us, to own our spiritual agency.

The church of the past projected a role for the congregants as children. The leaders were our fathers and occasionally mothers who knew better and took care of us. We came to them for help, for confession, for prayer. Much of the reformation of Christianity in the West has been about taking some power back. My ancestors, the Moravians, taught the peasants to read so they could have direct access to the scriptures and not have to rely solely on what they were taught by the priests. Luther nailed his ideas on the church door, taking back more power, starting a lively conversation about the nature of divinity, the nature of Christ, the nature of human beings.

We’ve been growing up over the centuries, and now this pope is handing the power to each and every one of us. He is inviting us to become equals in spirit. Not necessarily in knowledge. Theologians know a lot about the history of spirituality, religion, etc. Not all of us need to know every nook and cranny of each religion to be effective spiritual beings. But Pope Francis is inviting us to become co-creators of the universe along with God. His request “pray for me” tells us that prayer is a tool to create change. Some traditions say the angels cannot intervene in earth’s goings on without our consent. We have to ask for help. Prayer is one of the tools to accomplish this.

What kind of prayer? How do I pray? Does prayer work? All these are good questions and there are many opinions out there. But they’re questions for another blog or your own research. The point is we are capable of making a difference in the world, a positive difference, a powerful difference.

“Become who you were born to be,” says Lord Elrond to Aragorn.

“Use the Force, Luke,” says Obi-Wan Kenobi .

“Pray for me,” says Pope Francis.

“Who am I to pray for him?” many of us ask. Indeed, who are we? It’s time to find out.

Francis

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/sep/25/pope-francis-blesses-united-nations-staff-new-york-video